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Damien Hirst

1965 - Today

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Damien Steven Hirst (; né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest living artist, with his wealth estimated at US$384 million in the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damien Hirst has received more than 3,558,077 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Damien Hirst is the 61st most popular artist (down from 56th in 2019), the 2,051st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,134th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Damien Hirsts by language

Over the past year Damien Hirst has had the most page views in the with 396,376 views, followed by German (53,755), and Spanish (36,394). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (1,140.86%), Simple English (44.58%), and Serbo-Croatian (42.42%)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Damien Hirst ranks 61 out of 125. Before him are James Montgomery Flagg, Sennedjem, Vito Acconci, Hu Zhengyan, John Butler Yeats, and Günter Brus. After him are Robert Indiana, Onfim, Gilbert & George, Gilbert Baker, Gunta Stölzl, and Nikolay Shmatko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Damien Hirst ranks 89. Before him are Quique Sánchez Flores, Paul W. S. Anderson, Marlee Matlin, Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, David Wenham, and Marcelino García Toral. After him are Yoshiki, Manuel Uribe, Stéphane Peterhansel, Ulf Kirsten, Karl-Heinz Riedle, and Kim Bodnia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Damien Hirst ranks 2,051 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hughes (1814), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Bill Bruford (1949), The Edge (1961), Alfred Edwards (1850), and Eddie the Eagle (1963). After him are George Albert Smith (1864), William Foulke (1874), John Profumo (1915), William Paley (1743), Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), and Tim Hunt (1943).

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, Damien Hirst ranks 6. Before him are David Hockney (1937), Banksy (1970), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), William Etty (1787), and John Butler Yeats (1839). After him are Eric Gill (1882), Cassandra Austen (1773), Mary Delany (1700), Rachel Whiteread (1963), and Grayson Perry (1960).

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